Highest-paying Cities for Other Mining Machine Operators

The top 21 highest paying cities for other mining machine operators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of other mining machine operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $79,780, North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia is the highest paying city for other mining machine operators. It is followed by Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska (average annual salary $73,020). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of other mining machine operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 21 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Mining Machine Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$79,780	$56,770	160
2	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$73,020	$62,630	n/a
3	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$66,090	$64,470	190
4	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$66,090	$41,240	100
5	Salt Lake City, Utah	$62,870	$61,030	440
6	Richmond, Virginia	$62,810	$45,050	40
7	Duluth, Wisconsin	$62,630	$61,030	340
8	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$58,530	$51,180	50
9	Wheeling, West Virginia	$58,360	$56,130	60
10	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$57,900	$45,750	120
11	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$55,870	$38,000	60
12	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$55,850	$39,480	n/a
13	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$55,070	$49,940	n/a
14	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$53,570	$43,810	60
15	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$52,710	$37,200	160
16	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$51,850	$38,110	90
17	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$47,330	$34,290	30
18	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$46,540	$46,390	140
19	Lafayette, Louisiana	$38,290	$25,380	90
20	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$36,860	$33,050	120
21	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$33,410	$24,890	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other mining machine operators.